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Checklist for Superfamily Scolopendroidea Gerv, 1837
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
9
23
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
8
16
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Epimorpha
Haase, 1880
7
14
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scolopendromorpha
Leach, 1815
Bark Centipedes, Scolopendromorph centipedes
3
9
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scolopendroidea
Gerv, 1837
2
8
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
2 Families width 21 Species and 2 Subspecies
Scolopendridae Newport, 184417SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18814SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
8 Genera with 21 Species
Asanada Meinert, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 06SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 18856SpeciesTaxom
Paracryptops Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18153SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
21 Species and 2 Subspecies
Asanada brevicornis Meinert, 1885Pompanos
Cormocephalus amphieurys Kohlrausch, 1878
Cormocephalus westwoodi Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Cryptops (Cryptops) doriae Pocock, 1891Blackblotch Pompano
Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis Donovan, 1810Blackblotch Pompano
Cryptops (Cryptops) nepalensis Lewis, 1999
Ethmostigmus granulosus Pocock, 1898
Ethmostigmus platycephalus Newport, 1845
Ethmostigmus platycephalus platycephalus Newport, 1845
Ethmostigmus rubripes Brandt, 1840Giant centipede
Ethmostigmus rubripes rubripes Brandt, 1840
Ethmostigmus spinosus
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) angusticeps Pocock, 1898
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) astenus Köhlrausch, 1881
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) loriae Silvestri, 1894
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) multidens Haase, 1887
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) politus Karsch, 1881
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) punctiventer Tömösváry, 1885
Paracryptops breviunguis Silvestri, 1895Morro shoulderband
Rhysida carinulata Haase, 1887Lesser Amberjack
Scolopendra metuenda Pocock, 1895
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815Centipede

Subnodes of Scolopendroidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyCryptopidae
Kohlrausch, 1881
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScolopendridae
Newport, 1844
6
17
Genera
Species

Taxom